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A Paler Shade of White.(American pop music)

The New Yorker

| October 22, 2007 | Frere-Jones, Sasha | COPYRIGHT 2007 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In May, I went with a friend to see the Canadian indie-rock band Arcade Fire perform at the United Palace, a gilded rococo church in Washington Heights that seats more than three thousand and doubles as a theatre. The band was playing to a noisily receptive crowd during what has been a very successful year. Arcade Fire's latest album, "Neon Bible," which was released here in March, has sold more than three hundred thousand copies--an impressive number for an indie band during an industry-wide sales slump--and the group was on its second visit to New York in three months.

The band, six men and three women, shared the stage with half a dozen curved screens and ...

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